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Paraguay battles foot-and-mouth

(BBC News) Paraguay has begun the slaughter of around 1000 cattle in an attempt to eradicate an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soldiers have been destroying the animals with rifles and burying them in deep trenches. The outbreak has caused concern throughout …

September 26, 2011
| Filed under North America, South America, and Agriculture
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21st century vaccines — innovation in design and rational use

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Innovation in the design of vaccines is rapidly expanding their use, safety, and effectiveness for disease prevention and therapeutic interventions. The enormous potential of OMICS sciences for global health and vaccine design is examined in “Vaccines of the 21st Century and Vaccinomics,” a special issue of OMICS: A Journal Read More »

September 26, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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PharmAthene Wins Rights to Profit From Siga Smallpox Drug

(BusinessWeek) Siga Technologies Inc. must share with PharmAthene Inc. profit from sales of a smallpox drug that may total more than $400 million, a judge ruled. Siga plunged as much as 38 percent in Nasdaq trading. Delaware Chancery Court Judge …

September 22, 2011
| Filed under North America and Biotechnology
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Pentagon rethinks bioterror effort

(Nature.com) Soldiers are yet to see any effective new countermeasures against bioterror agents.K. KULISH/CORBIS In the film Contagion, it takes just a few months for scientists to make a vaccine against a deadly virus. Yet a real US military programme that aimed …

September 22, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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CDC report highlights progress in nation’s public health preparedness

(CDC) Public Health Preparedness: 2011 State-by-State Update on Laboratory Capabilities and Response Readiness Planning

September 21, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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